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1 online resource (1 volume) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
An introduction to constitutionalism -- Magna Carta (1215) -- The Declaration of Independence (1776) -- The Articles of Confederation (1776-1789); the Northwest Ordinance (1787) -- Emergence of the constitution (1786-1791) -- Marbury v. Madison (1803) -- Swift v. Tyson (1842); Erie Railroad Company v. Tompkins (1938) -- Martin v. Hunter's Lessee (1816); M'culloch v. Maryland (1819) -- Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) -- Burdens on interstate commerce (19051981) -- Missouri v. Holland (1920); Wickard v. Filburn (1942) -- The presidency and the constitution -- A government of enumerated powers? -- Realism and the study of constitutional law -- The challenges of skepticism for the constitutionalist -- Constitutionalism and the common law: the Erie problem reconsidered -- The Confederate Constitution (1861-1865) -- The Japanese relocation cases (1943,1944) -- Calder v. Bull (1798); Barron v. Baltimore (1833) -- Corfield v. Coryell (1823) and the privileges and immunities puzzles -- The slaughter-house cases (1873): a false start? -- The civil rights cases (1883); Plessey v. Ferguson (1896): more false starts? -- Shelley v. Kraemer (1948); Brown v. Board of Education (1954, 1955) -- Affirmative action and the Fourteenth Amendment -- San Antonio independent school district v. Rodriguez (1973) -- Whose votes count for what and when? |
| Summary |
In a trend that disturbs nationally known constitutional scholar George Anastaplo, law schools now place very little emphasis on the study of the United States Constitution as a document. Today, many constitutional law professors spend less than a week teaching the history, philosophical tenets, and legal origins of the Constitution itself and more time on Supreme Court cases. In Reflections on Constitutional Law, Anastaplo emphasizes the continuing significance and importance of the Constitution by examining the most important influences on the American constitutional system, including the Magna Carta and the Declaration of Independence. According to Anastaplo, a rigorous understanding of the Constitution is crucial to comprehending the true meaning of Supreme Court decisions. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Constitutional law -- United States.
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Constitutional law. |
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United States. |
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Constitutional history -- United States.
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Constitutional history. |
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Constitutional law -- United States -- Cases.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Trials, litigation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Anastaplo, George, 1925- Reflections on constitutional law. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2006 0813123968 0813191564 (DLC) 2006012088 (OCoLC)66463682 |
| ISBN |
0813171342 (electronic book) |
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9780813171340 (electronic book) |
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9786613232595 |
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6613232599 |
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0813123968 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780813123967 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0813191564 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780813191560 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1283232596 |
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9781283232593 |
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